"Unfortunate," Idun observed solemnly.

After he had gone a very young officer observed solemnly, "Obviously, his lips are sealed!"

On 25 Apr 1916, the first anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli, Monash and his men solemnly observed Anzac Day in camp at the Suez Canal.

During the Roaring Twenties, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were wont to observe the day solemnly, even as others explored the opportunities it offered for leisure.

Lots of hard work, they observed solemnly, remembering their own struggles to render dreams on paper.

As Wall Street solemnly observed the anniversary of Sept. 11 yesterday morning, the Nasdaq stock market made financial history by opening an hour before the New York Stock Exchange.

"You are totally committed to the idea of violence and bloodshed, aren't you," she observed solemnly.

Patient, ever patient, and joy shall be thy share', my old grandma used to say," Ponsettia observed solemnly.

"Ah, the over-confidence of the master criminal," the famous director observed solemnly.

'You forgot to brush your hair,' he observed solemnly.